Weaken Questions - - Question 19

A survey was recently conducted among ferry passengers on the North Sea. Among the results was this: more of those wh...

dianalazar June 16, 2020

Why not E?

Can you please explain why E was not correct? I was torn between D and E.

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shunhe June 17, 2020

Hi @dianalazar,

Thanks for the question! So let’s take a look at what the argument’s saying. More people who are taking anti-seasickness medication report symptoms of seasickness than people who don’t take that medication. So the argument then concludes that people shouldn’t take anti-seasickness medications. We need to find something that weakens the conclusion above.

Now, let’s take a look at (E), which tells us that people who have spent money on anti-seasickness medication are less likely to admit symptoms of seasickness than those who haven’t. Does this weaken the argument? No, it actually might strengthen it! This is saying that some people who bought the anti-seasickness medication are hiding their symptoms. That means there are even more people who have symptoms of seasickness who are taking the medication than we thought, since more of them are hiding it. This definitely doesn’t weaken the argument.

Hope this helps! Feel free to ask any other questions that you might have.